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and raising a small herd of goats — all the while teaching Ellis the meaning of stability, care taking and commitment. ‘Goats’ follows Ellis as he journey’s from his unconventional desert home into Gates’ world of discipline and structure. Palais K
LE TABLEAU (France) 76mins. Rezo. Dir: Jean-Franocois Laguionie. Arcades 2
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FOUR SUNS (Czech Republic) 102mins. Films Boutique. Dir: Bohdan Slama. Key cast: Anna Bubeno≠kova, Anna Geislerova, Jaroslav Plesl, Karel Roden, Marek Sacha. Jara has lost his job, his family is falling apart and his only companion
THE ROOSTER TRADEMARK PAPER (Iran) 93mins. Visual Media Institute. Dir: Maryam Milani. Key cast: Shahram Poorasad, Roya Bakhtiyari, Shayan Jalali. This movie follows the efforts of three kids, coming from unprivileged families. They are small children with big hopes and dreams. Palais D
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WHILE WE WERE HERE (Italy) Arclight Films. Dir: Kat Coiro. Palais H
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ESCAPE (Norway) 75mins. Trustnordisk. Dir: Roar Uthaug. Key cast: Ingrid Bolso Berdal, Isabel Christine Andreasen, Milla Olin, Tobias Santelmann Ten years after the Black Death ravaged the country, a poor family are on a journey to find better
and friend is Karel, a lonely weirdo who feels very closely bound to nature. Unemployed and immature, he tries to keep his family together, to make his wife stay with him, to protect his teenage son from drug abuse, and to protect Karel from himself — but who will protect Jara? Olympia 3
living conditions. On a deserted mountain pass, they are attacked by a gang of ruthless outlaws. They only spare the life of 19-year-old Signe. She is taken captive to the gang’s camp. Here she learns that a fate worse than death awaits her. Signe understands that the only solution is to escape. Star 3
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BLOOD FROM A STONE 98mins. Wild Bunch. Olympia 5
CLOUDS OF MAY 130mins. Les Films Du Paradoxe. Dir: Birge Ceylan Nury. Theatre Croisette
FAREWELL MY QUEEN (France) 97mins. Elle Driver. Dir: Benoit Jacquot. Key cast: Diane Kruger, Lea Seydoux, Virginie Ledoyen. A look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers
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during the final days of the French Revolution. Star 2
FIDGETY BRAM (Netherlands) 83mins. Delphis Films. Dir: Anna Van Der Heide. Fidgety Bram (seven years old) thinks a lot about the world around him. He is very much looking forward to entering the first grade. But then he ends up in the class of the strict teacher Mr Fish. The straightfoward Mr Fish doesn’t care about the inside world of the constantly moving around and unconcentrated little boy and does whatever it takes to make Bram do things the right way. Bram’s parents struggle with the question of how much they should expect their son to adapt without becoming completely miserable. Palais E
FOUR SUNS See box, above
GATTU See box, right
GOATS
(US) 100mins. Echo Bridge Entertainment. Dir: Christopher Neil. Key cast: David Duchovny, Vera Farmiga, Keri Russell, Ty Burrell, Minnie Driver, Graham Phillips. Fourteen-year-old Ellis is getting ready to leave his luxurious home in
MARKET 14:00
GATTU (India) 80mins. All Rights Entertainment. Dir: Rajan Khosa. Key cast: Mohammad Samad, Naresh Kumar In a small town in central India, kids and adults are equally obsessed with kite flying. The airspace is dominated by a black kite called Kali with mysterious origins. A street kid, Gattu,
the foothills of Tucson for his freshman year at Gates Academy, an East Coast prep school. This means leaving behind Wendy, his flakey, new age mother and the only real father he has ever known, Goat Man. Goat Man has done more for Ellis than giving him his first bong hit at the age of 11. He has maintained a home on Wendy’s property rent-free since Ellis was a child, taking care of the landscaping and pool cleaning,
LIV & INGMAR (Norway) 75mins. Svensk Filmindustri. Dir: Djeeraj Akolkar. A love story — strewn across the 42 years and 12 films-long relationship between legendary actress Liv Ullmann and master film-maker Ingmar Bergman. This documentary is a homage — an affectionate but truthful account of two entwined lives standing the test of a rollercoaster of emotions, surviving through extraordinary times and leaving us with timeless creations as its ardent proof. Palais C
MAGNIFICENT PRESENCE (Italy) 106mins.
Fandango Portobello. Dir: Ferzan Ozpetek. Key cast: Elio Germano, Paola Minaccioni, Beppe Fiorello. Twenty-eight-year-old Pietro, a lonely soul who works nightshifts in a bakery, has just moved to Rome into a beautiful apartment which is badly in need of repair but crucially has low rent. He soon starts noticing objects have been moved and there are strange noises coming from empty rooms. It becomes clear he is not living alone. Over time, their forced cohabitation falls into a pattern of domestic intimacy and Pietro realises that he is no longer lonely. For the first time he is part of a group with whom he can share his desires, fears and secrets. When the moment of their separation finally comes, Pietro finds it hard to return to a solitary existence. Olympia 6
QUEEN FREAK (US) 96mins. GRB Entertainment. Dir: Benjamin Epps Key cast: Matthew Modine, Kristin Chenowith, Olesya Rulin. A wickedly sharp tale about a dysfunctional family, where the kids
dreams of defeating Kali but fails. He discovers that the local school has a roof that will give him a vantage point. Impersonating a student, he sneaks into the school and must now pretend to study. The only problem — he is illiterate. Nonetheless, the little street urchin takes up the challenge… Dreams aren’t impossible when the desire is strong. Riviera 3
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